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W. SUHOLLHORN.

GORKSGRBW. No. 350,702. Patented Oct. 12, 1886 N. Pr. [RS Phmwmn n ner. wmi mmm mm c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SCHOLLHORN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORKSCREW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,702, dated October 12, 1886.

Application filed May 10, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that 1, WILLIAM SGHOLLHORN, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented anew Improvement in Corkscrews; and I do here by declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a side view; Fig. 2, a sectional View.

Thisinvention relates to an improvement in corkscrews, and particularly to that class in whichthe screw is secured to a bar-handle, the most common and well-known construction.

After drawing the cork from a bottle con taining gaseous or other liquids, it is desirable to temporarily cork the bottle; but the cork removed is either so broken by the screw as to be useless or the cork so swells as to require cutting before it can be reinserted in the bottle.

The object of this invention is to provide a stopper which will form a part of the corkscrew and always be at hand and ready for Serial No. 201,679. (No model.)

use; and it consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the handle, in the form of a bar, to which the screw B is secured in the usual manner. At one or both ends of the handle is a stopper, C, of rubber or other flexi blelnaterial. Thesaid stopper is tapered, and if arranged on each end they differ in size to adapt them to the varying sizes of bottles. The stopper C is preferably riveted to the handle; but it may be otherwise secured. With the stopper thus fixed to and forming part of the handle of a cork-screw it is always at hand and ready to be inserted into the bottle as soon as the cork has been drawn.

I claim In a corkscrew having a handle across the shank of the screw at right angles thereto, the combination therewith ot' a stopper made from flexible material and attached to one end of the said handle, substantially as described.

WILLIAM SCHOLLHORN.

Witnesses:

ADOLF SOHATZ,

E. WITTMANN. 

